Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows PolicingHarvard University Press, 2001 M08 15 - 304 pages This is the first book to challenge the "broken-windows" theory of crime, which argues that permitting minor misdemeanors, such as loitering and vagrancy, to go unpunished only encourages more serious crime. The theory has revolutionized policing in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws. |
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... Criminal Justice Services 2000 ) . These and other similar police strategies constitute a new order- maintenance approach to criminal justice that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s . It is an approach that focuses on increased police ...
... criminal behavior [ D ] So , for example , the police technique of order - maintenance policing [ A ] may result in a reduction in criminal activity in neighborhoods that are rendered more orderly [ D ] . Two competing hypotheses may be ...
... criminal sanctions played a decreasing role in the production of social solidar- ity . In their place , legal regulations in the private law context - restitu- tionary principles in contract , property , and commercial law - in- creased ...
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
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Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing Bernard E. Harcourt Limited preview - 2005 |
Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing Bernard E. Harcourt No preview available - 2005 |